Sun Microsystems 4.5 Personal Computer User Manual


 
Chapter 1 Using Sun Secure Global Desktop 17
You can also print by specifying the universal naming convention (UNC) name of a
network printer that is accessible from the computer. To use a UNC name, you must
enclose the printer name in quotes and escape backslashes as appropriate for the
shell. For example:
To avoid problems with UNC names, you can print using a “friendly” name such as:
In this case, the friendly name must be configured by your SGD Administrator.
Printing From Windows Applications
SGD enables you to print from Windows applications to a printer attached to your
computer.
Printing from Windows Applications to UNIX, Linux, or
Mac OS X Platform Computers
If you print from a Microsoft Windows application to a UNIX, Linux, or Max OS X
platform computer, you see the client printers that have been configured by your
SGD Administrator.
In the application server’s Print dialog box, the printers on your computer are
designated by “Sun SGD” in the printer name, as shown in
FIGURE 1-15.
$ lp -d ’\\\\PRTSERVER\\HPLJ5’ file
$ lp -d label-printer file